Papua New Guinea were much improved from their 82-point hiding at the hands of the Jillaroos a fortnight ago. Defensively they were much more committed across the board despite the New Zealand wingers combining for five tries. Elsie Albert showed the way in the middle with 144m, 31 tackles and four tackle busts. Leila Kerowa provided good support on the left edge with 100m from 12 runs while on defence Therese Aiton was hard-working with 33 tackles. Potent centre Belinda Gwasamun didn't see a lot of ball but still managed to churn out 70m and two tackle busts from her seven runs.